Caridad Moro-McCormick, a featured author at the Miami Writers Association literary event on Wednesday, Nov. 11 at Bookstore in the Grove, is a first-generation Cuban-American; born in L.A. and raised in Miami.  She holds a B.A. in English and an M.F.A. from Florida International University.  This...

Check JJ out November 11 at Bookstore in the Grove as he reads, “Headz.” Thursday, Nov 12th at Sweat Records 5505 NE 2nd Ave. Miami, FL 33137 Tel: 305.342.0953. Sunday Nov. 15th, at 3:00 PM at the Miami Book Fair International, in Room 7174. by Melanie Feliciano Biscayne Writer JJ Colagrande...

The Journalism Shop is an easy-to-navigate site for finding highly skilled newspaper veterans interested in taking on freelance assignments. All members are former Los Angeles Times staffers offering a wide range of skills and interests, from investigative reporters to book reviewers, page designers...

Changing the Odds Summer Internship 2009 from New America Media on Vimeo. Over on the West Coast, where there are oodles of programs for young people, YO! Youth Outlook Multimedia helped 12 young adults learn about themselves and how to succeed when dealing with the complications of finances, relationships,...

by Melanie Feliciano A couple of members of the Miami Writers Association, Lee and Paul Reyes-Fournier, recently published a book that clueless me didn’t get upon first reading. “I will suppress laughter at all times.” “I am chlorine in the aquarium of love.“ “I will...

Editor’s Note: We were searching around YouTube for writing workshops and writers talking about their craft, and found this interview with Sandra Cisneros, author of The House on Mango Street. It turns out she isn’t a big fan of one of the most prestigious writing programs in the country....

Norma Chew, a member of the South Florida Writers Association, is a retired nurse who writes for Helium.com and Associated Content.

Editor’s Note: Every Monday is dedicated to young writers on www.BiscayneWriters.com. Josue Rojas is a Salvadoran-American Mission Native who travels the world, documenting the “weird and cutty” beautiful bits of life. This scoundrel may be spotted painting murals in San Francisco,...

YO! Youth Outlook is an award-winning literary journal of youth life in the Bay Area. Featuring in-depth reporting pieces and first-person essays, comic strips and poetry pages, YO! is the communication outlet for youth who feel their voice and visions need to be seen and heard. YO! is a bridge...

Write Your Life story and submit it to info@biscaynewriters.com. Keep it short and sweet – fewer than 2,000 words. Something like this. Or, if you happen to be a screenwriter who knows how to create documentaries, submit a music video that shows your life story (we know there are lots of people...

“Information and commentary for pissed-off progressive old folks (and future old folks). . . because we’re not dead yet.” Veteran author and investigative journalist James Ridgeway, 72, writes about the reality of being a senior in the 21st century. I have a particular appreciation...

Topics to discuss during blog writing class: 1. How do you get people to know about your blog and your book? I get everyone’s email address wherever I go. I have 3,000 collected. I also do guest blogging on blogs like Jewcy.com. I read lots of blogs, link to them and comment on them. I am an adjunct...

Tonight, Brooke Siegel, editor of the Miami Daily Candy, will be our guest at Blog On! Writing for the Web at the Florida Center for the Literary Arts. The Daily Candy is a daily email newsletter and web site. A blog is a web log. We know the difference. But writing for the web is all the same. How...

Clayton Littlewood is living the blogger’s dream: He has such a great following on his blog that a publisher approached him to shape his stories about his particular corner of SOHO into a book. From his window on one of the busiest street corners in the world, Clayton watches the daily parade...

Blog On! Writing for the Web with Kemila Velan Thursdays, Sept. 25 – Nov. 6, 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. $170 (Current MDC faculty and credit students: $120) Workshop will take place at Miami Dade College, Wolfson Campus Want to register? Click here for instructions and registration form. These...

“The great thing about this course was how it takes me from ‘I have a great idea,’ or ‘they should make a story about…’ to ‘I just finished my first draft about…’ The online format is great for keeping the right balance between working on my stuff...

Tuesday, January 1st, 2008 Born in Los Angeles to Cuban exiles, Ana is the author of two books of fiction, which have been translated into several languages: In Cuba I was a German Shepherd, which was a 2001 New York Times Notable book of the year and whose title story won a Pushcart Prize; and...